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In reply to the discussion: What's more important: The rights of living, breathing people to walk around with their lives… [View all]Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)25. Of the groups to which your question actually applies?
You really even need to ask that question? People who "gun down" others illegally (we'll leave war out of this discussion...for better or worse, it's an entirely different subject) are generally considered to have a reduced set of rights. They're felons, ferchrissakes.
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What's more important: The rights of living, breathing people to walk around with their lives… [View all]
MrScorpio
Jan 2013
OP
How Do We KNOW Your Guns (or anyone's for that matter) Don't Endanger Someone Outside Your House?
Skraxx
Jan 2013
#30
and your glancing insults don't really add to the conversation... shame on you
a geek named Bob
Jan 2013
#69
They Don't Leave Your Property? How Do I Know That? Cuz YOU Say So? Why Would You Leave Things
Skraxx
Jan 2013
#72
So You're An Anarchist Then? Because The Penal Code Is Exactly The Community Deciding Something
Skraxx
Jan 2013
#74
You answered my question, and I'll answer yours... and then I have another question...
a geek named Bob
Jan 2013
#87
My electrified lawn isn't a danger to someone, unless they trespass...
a geek named Bob
Jan 2013
#93
Bullshit, I Never Implied Any Such Thing, put up or shut up, lets see this implication
Skraxx
Jan 2013
#98
False dilemma a.k.a. false dichotomy or black-ad-white thinking, a common logical fallacy
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#2
It's only a fallacy when the two alternatives AREN'T actually mutually exclusive.
2ndAmForComputers
Jan 2013
#5
My question asked about access to a vast array, that could also mean a .22 pistol…
MrScorpio
Jan 2013
#21
People carry weapons around for a lot of reasons, some of them based on paranoia
MrScorpio
Jan 2013
#15
Neither. The most important thing in the world is to make rich people richer. nt
valerief
Jan 2013
#39
THis is an entirely ridiculous statement. Please say you forgot the :sarcasm:
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#46
Another false choice, eh? You're just full of logical fallacies today.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#51
I live in the country. A gun is a necessity for survival. A semi-automatic is not.
appleannie1
Jan 2013
#52
Gunarians are NOT about freedom & the ONLY blood they want sacrifice to Liberty is others'
patrice
Jan 2013
#56
The Congress will confirm, imo, that the right of others to have access to a vast array of firearms
indepat
Jan 2013
#71
To Gun Lovers, It's More Important to Walk Around with a Very False Sense of Power and Control
Yavin4
Jan 2013
#85
I'm sick of talking to gun owners like they're children. In all honesty:
Comrade_McKenzie
Jan 2013
#88